Today in the news: New Wii in the works

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Apr 26, 2011 at 12:01 AMApr 26, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

Quote of note

"Core users and game lovers will certainly buy it, but I think it will be hard to capture buyers outside of that group.” - Mitsushige Akino of Ichiyoshi Investment Management, talking about the difficulties Nintendo faces when it releases the new Wii in 2012. The original, which hit the market in 2006, didn’t face as much competition. The new Wii will be on display at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles in June.

News to know

Nearly 500 prisoners escaped from a prison in Afghanistan on Sunday after the Taliban spent months constructing an underground tunnel to free them. Most of the escapees are Taliban militants, according to reports.

Hot video

Footage of the tornado that hit the St. Louis airport last week shows things being sucked out of the hallway. Watch below.

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